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Gary Kubiac and Rick Dennison

So I knew we would see improvements in the run game from last year to this year but JESUS ****ING CHRIST!! (sorry). I get that Dalvin has been healthy, we drafted Bradbury, O'Neil has progressed, we signed Josh Kline, we moved Elflein to LG, Reiff has been healthy. But to be as bad as we were last year to becoming one of the best run teams bewilders me. I had NO idea this scheme was this effective and I am really confused why more teams don't do this? I get that some teams prefer to run power (how did that work for Dallas last week) and some play off the pass more, I've always heard that it is a copy cat league so why don't more teams copy it? Is Dennison/Kubiac that good at teaching?

So I knew we would see improvements in the run game from last year to this year but JESUS ****ING CHRIST!! (sorry). I get that Dalvin has been healthy, we drafted Bradbury, O'Neil has progressed, we signed Josh Kline, we moved Elflein to LG, Reiff has been healthy. But to be as bad as we were last year to becoming one of the best run teams bewilders me. I had NO idea this scheme was this effective and I am really confused why more teams don't do this? I get that some teams prefer to run power (how did that work for Dallas last week) and some play off the pass more, I've always heard that it is a copy cat league so why don't more teams copy it? Is Dennison/Kubiac that good at teaching?

In my Nate Diaz voice IM NOT SURPRISED

When got Kubiak I knew that our offense would improve dramatically. He is what we needed to this offense. The man won a Superbowl. Kubiak is that damn good. Plus he picked Alexander Mattison in the 3rd round

Cook and this scheme are a match made in heaven. I knew we would improve but this has been beyond my wildest dreams. There is a reason this scheme has been working since the 90ís. Kubiak, Shannahan, and the Broncos would put almost any RB in this scheme and bam 1k yards. Kubiak got 1k out of Slaton in Houston and Forsett in Baltimore. Now throw in a star like Cook and a special season is happening. Even Mattison is having success on limited touches. I donít know why all 32 teams donít try to run this scheme. Surely enough personnel have branched off from this staffís and passed around some knowledge. I know the Rams and 49ers are the other two teams who run the same scheme right now.

I knew it would be a great hire. I always thought the zone blocking scheme would work better because it doesn't leave our guys on an island. I feel in todays NFL it is really tough for guys to play man up because DL is no longer slow unathletic dudes.

My question...can Zim persuade Kubiak to stay or become OC when Stefankski becomes HC next year. Not sure Kubiak wants to be all in again though so it would be nice to keep him in the same role.

I knew it would be a great hire. I always thought the zone blocking scheme would work better because it doesn't leave our guys on an island. I feel in todays NFL it is really tough for guys to play man up because DL is no longer slow unathletic dudes.

My question...can Zim persuade Kubiak to stay or become OC when Stefankski becomes HC next year. Not sure Kubiak wants to be all in again though so it would be nice to keep him in the same role.

I remember Zimmer saying they tried running some zone last year but they kept getting stuffed for negative yards so he told the line coaches to stop. I have a feeling Dennison will get promoted to OC when that happens or if Shurmer gets fired I could see him coming back. Either way I don't see Kubiac going anywhere, he probably also wants to help his son climb the ladder as well.